noun
large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal
• Syn: ↑genus Oxytropis
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑locoweed, ↑crazyweed, ↑crazy weed
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\\äkˈsi.trəpə̇s\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from oxy- (I) + Greek tropis ship's keel; akin to Greek trepein to turn; from the pointed keel of the corolla — more at trope
: a large widely distributed genus of often shrubby herbs (family Leguminosae) having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each of which has a pealike corolla with a clawed petal — see locoweed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.